Location: | Swain County, North Carolina, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 35.4101, -83.48795 |
dep_id: | 10102334 |
mrds_id: | K002524 |
Commodity type: | nonmetallic |
Major mineral: | Kaolin |
Trace mineral: | Feldspar |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Feldspar, Kaolin |
work_type: | Surface |
ore_ctrl: | Fracture, Dilation Zone (Cameron, 1951) |
Reporter: | Hale, Robin C. |
hrock_type: | Gneiss |
arock_unit: | Mpal Border Gneiss, Garnet-Muscovite Schist, Microcline Porphyroblasts In Medium-To Coarse-Grained Matrix Of Biotite, Quartz, & Feldspar;Granite Gneiss, Fine-To Coarse-Grained, Leucocratic To Mesocratic Gneiss, Ranging From Granitic To Granodioritic;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y.;Prec Mpal 1050-320 M.Y |
arock_type: | Gneiss |
Structure: | Principal Zone Of Pegmatites Trends Northeast; Most Pegmatites Strike Northeast, But Some Strike Northwest. |
tectonic: | Folded Blue Ridge Province |
Year first produced: | 1925 |
disc_yr: | 1925 |
prod_yrs: | PRE-1918 |
References: |
- Deposit:: CAMERON, E.N., 1951, FELDSPAR DEPOSITS OF THE BRYSON CITY DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 62, 100 P
- Deposit:: 1951 OTHER CAMERON, E.N., N.C. BULL. 6
- Production:: CAMERON, E.N., 1951, N.C. DIV. MIN. RES. BULL. 62
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